Cosette is a feminine given name. It is of French origin and is best known for being in ''"

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...

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Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

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Cosette Cosette () is a fictional character in the 1862 novel ''Les Misérables'' by Victor Hugo and in the many adaptations of the story for stage, film, and television. Her birth name, Euphrasie, is only mentioned briefly. As the orphaned child of an u ...

was the nickname given to the girl by her mother.

Meaning

The origins of Cosette is unclear. The leading theory is that Hugo derived Cosette from the French word ''chosette'', meaning 'little thing'. Another theory is that it is derived from the Greek masculine name

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

, itself meaning 'victory of the people' or 'victorious'.

Popularity

From 2013 to 2021, at least a hundred girls from the United States were named Cosette except for 2019 and 2021.The name berry
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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosette (Given Name) Feminine given names